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I Grew Up In A Makeup Chair, To See! The Women Around Me Getting Ready Was So Aspirational, It Is About Mothers And Daughters, A Girl Watching Her Mom At A Vanity Table.

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Drew Barrymore

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I Grew Up In A Makeup Chair, To See! The Women Around Me Getting Ready Was So Aspirational, It Is About Mothers And Daughters, A Girl Watching Her Mom At A Vanity Table.

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I Love Romantic Comedies That Are Set In A World. It's Not Just A Boy And A Girl Falling In Love, Out Of Love, And Back In Love.

Falling In Love

I Don't Want To Sit Around And Hope Good Things Happen. I Want To Make Them Happen.

I Love Romance. I'm A Sucker For It. I Love It So Much. It's Pathetic.

I Have No Regrets In My Life Whatsoever.

Have No Regrets

I Love The Very Exposed, Humorous, Imperfect, Never-trying To-pretend-to-be-perfect Journey That I Have Been On In My Life.

There Are A Lot Of Us Little Gypsies Out There That Need To Go And Find Another Place You Know. A Safer, Healthier Or Just A Different Venue In Order To Develop And Find Ourselves. I Am So Lucky To Live The Life That I Do.

I've Approached So Many Things In My Life With Such Intensity That I Want To Approach Motherhood With Dedication And Focus.

I Just Think Happiness Is What Makes You Pretty. Period. Happy People Are Beautiful. They Become Like A Mirror And They Reflect That Happiness. If Somebody Walks In The Room And They're Drop-dead Gorgeous And Sexy, It's Really Fun To Look At. But If Someone Is Giving Of Their Spirit And They Make You Laugh And Feel Good, That's A Whole Other Level Of Beauty.

Becoming Emancipated At 14, My Life Wasn't Normal. I Didn't Have To Go To School, So I Didn't. I Was Rebellious By Nature. I Spent My 20s Focusing On My Company, Flower Films, And Producing Movies. Now That I'm Almost 30, I Would Like To Try Other Things In Lie. I'm Crazy About Photography, And I Want To Take An Art History Class.

I Started Finding Hearts In Things - Whether It Was Like, A Tree I Was Passing, A Straw Wrapper On The Ground, I Think The Heart Has One Continuous Line, Which Is Very Powerful.

I'm A Total Control Freak And Love To Participate In The Design Of Every Single Aspect Of Life.

I Understand There Are Inevitable Things That We Have To Go Through: Heartbreak, Family Problems. I Don't Feel Like Some Quixotic Idiot Who Says, 'we Don't Have To Feel Pain.' No! Let's Feel It, Let's Make It Work For Ourselves. But I Want Us All To Be Able To Get Past It.

I've Always Wanted To Work With Hugh [grant] Because I Loved His Movies.

I Am Who I Am Because Of The People Who Influenced Me Growing Up, And Many Of Them Were Gay. No One Has Any Right To Tell Anyone What Makes A Family

I Learned Early On That Family, As Far As My Mother And Father, Were Not An Option.

Mother And Father

I Try To Make Movies That I Would Want To Go See Rather Than Ones I Would Just Want To Do As An Actor. I Want People To Have Movies Full Of Romance And Hope And Empowerment, Something They Can Escape Into And Feel Good About. I Love Happy Endings.

I Guess I Do Have A Childlike Sense Of Fun, And Although I Still Have My Dark Days, I'm Generally An Optimistic Person. The Way Things Have Gone In My Life, Sure, I Could Have Been A Bitter Person. But I Just Find Bitter People Really Un-fun, You Know? And Who Wants To Be That Person?

I Don't Want To Be Vain Or Fearful, And I Don't Think I'll Do Anything [in Terms Of Plastic Surgery], But If I Want To Do Something, I Will. From My Perspective, There's No Reason To Be Afraid Of Aging, Because If You Age, You're Lucky! The Alternative Is Death.

When I Lay My Head On The Pillow At Night I Can Say I Was A Decent Person Today. That's When I Feel Beautiful.

Going Back To Georgiana Drew And John Drew, And My Great-grandfather Maurice Barrymore, And It Was Such A Sort Of Circus Of Odd, Interesting People That Loved Acting.

I Don't Know Anybody's Road Who's Been Paved Perfectly For Them, There Are No Manuals, You Don't Know What Life Has In Store For You.

Once You've Been In A Mental Institution, People Are Going To Look At You Funny.

I've Spent A Lot Of Time In My Life Dedicating Myself To Love Or The Pursuit Of Love Or The Understanding Of Love... I’ve Stopped Believing In Happy Endings. I’ve Started Believing In Good Days.

I Always Leave A Relationship With A Sense Of Hope.

I Definitely Don't Think That I'm Hot Doo-doo. I Don't.

I Know Certain Actors Are Totally Screwed Up On Drugs, Yet It Gets Covered Up. Why Wasn't I Excused For 'exhaustion' Or 'the Flu'?

I Want People To Love Me, But It's Not Going To Hurt Me If They Don't.

The Thing That Has Been Weighing On My Mind This Week Is That I Wanted To Go And Save All The Little Live Lobsters In Restaurants And Throw Them Back In The Ocean. Imagine Me Being Arrested For That.

Oh, I Would Love To Be A Motivational Speaker. I Have Pulled Myself Out Of A Million Potholes, And I Can See The Potholes Ahead Of Me. That Doesn't Mean That I Could Always Do That So Perfectly For My Own Life. I Totally Fall In Potholes.

Whether You're Throwing Up Or Breaking Up, You Want Your Girlfriend Right There! I Don't Trust Women Who Don't Go To Their Girlfriends.

I Don't Think That Life Happens By Sitting Back And Waiting. People Hold Their Cards So Tight To Their Chest. Life Is Short. Tell People You Love Them. What's The Worst That's Going To Happen?

I Can Tell When An Actor's Forcing Tears, And It's Tricky Because You Then Have To Film It And Edit In A Certain Way To Skirt Around The Issue.

Girls Want To Be With Guys Who Have A Sense Of Humor-it Makes Them Far More Attractive To Us.

I Remember Being On Film Sets When I Was Younger, And Only Men Got To Do The Cool Action Movies. So I Thought, 'maybe I'll Get To Produce One Day And Get To Do Cool Stuff Too,' Which Is What Happened When We Did 'charlie's Angels.' Starting My Production Company Was A Big Turning Point For Me.

I Think My Whole Life, Work Has Been A Very Important And Positive Thing For Me. It Never Was Something That Made Me Feel Unhappy Or Disengaged From Life. It Always Makes Me Feel Like I'm Plugged In, In A Really Healthy Way.

The Best Kind Of Parent You Can Be Is To Lead By Example.

The Reason I Started Officially Learning To Cook Was Because When I First Got Pregnant, I Had To Face The Sad Fact That I Didn't Even Know How To Boil An Egg.

I Grew Up In A Family That Was Multifaceted, Sexually Oriented, And Pretty Much Open To Everything. And Because I Was Working, My Friends Were All Adults. I Had A Tough Time Going To Different Schools Because People Knew Me From Films And I Was The Fat Child Who Got Beaten Up Every Day.

Producing Is So Exciting Because You Can Enable Things To Happen, Whether It's Like Discovering A Filmmaker Who You're Taking A Chance On, Protecting A Battle And Driving Home At The End Of The Day Just Going, "i'm So Glad I Stayed Late At Work And Fought Hard For That. Had My Passion. Won That Battle.

I Think Video Village Is Bullshit. It's Like It's A Breeding Ground For People To Nitpick And Feel Important. It's Just Such A Weird Dynamic.

I Can Cook About Two Things. I Can Boil Hot Water For The Only Pasta I Can Make.

There's A Hunger And A Fervor That I Have, But There's No Person I'm Going To Push To The Side To Get Where I'm Going. I Want To Create My Own Road.

You've Just Got To Do The Best That You Can.

Different Cocktails For Different Saturday Nights.

That Thing, That Moment, When You Kiss Someone And Everything Around Becomes Hazy And The Only Thing In Focus Is You And This Person And You Realize That That Person Is The Only Person That Youre Supposed To Kiss For The Rest Of Your Life, And For One Moment You Get This Amazing Gift And You Want To Laugh And You Want To Cry Because You Feel So Lucky That You Found It And So Scared That That It Will Go Away All At The Same Time.

There's A Tremendous Difference Between Alone And Lonely. You Could Be Lonely In A Group Of People. I Like Being Alone. I Like Eating By Myself. I Go Home At Night And Just Watch A Movie Or Hang Out With My Dog. I Have To Exert Myself And Really Say, Oh God, I've Got To See My Friends Cos I'm Too Content Being By Myself.

I'm Very Homework-oriented - I'm A Little Tracy Flick-ish.

To Be Really Great And Interesting, You Have To Be A Little Crazy. I Just Don't Think One Comes Without The Other.

Some Of The Mini-worlds That Filmmakers Have Created Are So Ingrained In My Love Of Culture.

When [my Friend] Had Her Kid, She Was Like, "9:30?! I'm Not Living In Barcelona. I Need Dinner At 6." I Never Got That Until Now. Four Years Ago, When I Met Her, I Thought That Was Extreme. I Was Like, "i Love Barcelona!" Now, I'm So Mad When Someone Suggests An 8 Pm Reservation Because That Means We Won't Eat Until 8:30 Or 9 Pm. Forget It!

I Am Not Someone Who Is Ashamed Of My Past. I'm Actually Really Proud. I Know I Made A Lot Of Mistakes, But They In Turn Were My Life Lessons.

Nobody Is Solid And Perfect All Of The Time.

If You're Going To Be Alive And On This Planet, You Have To, Like, Suck The Marrow Out Of Every Day And Get The Most Out Of It.

I Think A Any Person Who Has A High Profile Job Or Who Travels All The Time Or Who Has A Lot Of Stress Associated With Their Job Can Be Difficult To Be In A Relationship With.

When I Did 'e.t.,' It Sort Of Solidified The Only Family I Know Are These Film Crews. These Gypsies. These Filmmakers. That Was The Solidification And The Clicking Revelations Of 'this Is What I Want To Do With My Life And This Is Where I'm Going To Survive.'

Young Girls Come Up To Me All The Time To Ask For Advice. They See Me As A Survivor.

I'm A Very Research-, Homework-oriented Person.

I Have Always Been Fond Of Recognizing The Spiritual Side Of Someone's Personality. It's A Very Lovely Concept.

A Thank-you Can Be Just As Meaningful As A Soulful Ten-page Message.

Life Is Very Interesting... In The End, Some Of Your Greatest Pains, Become Your Greatest Strengths.

I Want To Be With The Man Who Wants To Open A Movie Studio With Me And Make Films For New, Fresh Filmmakers Who Aren't Getting A Chance Somewhere Else. I Haven't Yet Had That Type Of Partnership In A Romantic Relationship.

I Love Jokes, But God, Jokes Can Go So Wrong. I Have Stayed Up Many Nights Thinking, "f**k. I Can't Believe I Made That Silly Little Joke. That Was A Disaster."

I Took The Stairs And Felt Like My Childhood Took The Elevator.

I Really Wanted A Wonderful, Traditional Home For My Kid.

Oh, I Love Hugging. I Wish I Was An Octopus, So I Could Hug 10 People At A Time!

I Aspire To Be That, To Be A Voice Of Reason One Day.

And People Say It All The Time: 'you're A Celebrity.' No, I'm An Actor. I'm A Producer. I'm A Director. I'm A Toad. I'm Roadkill. I'm Anything But A Celebrity.

I Love Tate Modern; There's Such Great Style And Shopping Here. I Love The Galleries And The Pubs Out On The Street, Just Having Your Pint As The Sun Is Setting.

I Used To Look In The Mirror And Feel Shame, I Look In The Mirror Now And I Absolutely Love Myself.

I'm Not Insecure. I've Been Through Way Too Much F**king Sh*t To Be Insecure. I've Got Huge Balls. But I've Been Humbled. That Makes You Grateful For Every Day You Have.

You Can Never, Never Have Too Many Books

The Older You Get, The Few Slumber Parties There Are, And I Hate That. I Liked Slumber Parties. What Happened To Them?

I'm So In Control Of My Life, You Shouldn't Dislike Anything I Do-because I'm Not Only In The Best Place I've Ever Been, But It Keeps Getting Better And Better.

A Few Years Ago, I Bought An Old Red Bicycle With The Words Free Spirit Written Across Its Side - Which Is Exactly What I Felt Like When I Rode It Down The Street In A Tie-dyed Dress.

I Think That We All Have To Have That Rite Of Passage Of Dating The Tortured Artist Who Seems Cooler Than We Think We Are; We Aspire To Be Like Them, And We're Excited That Somebody Is Turning Us On To New Music Or A New Lifestyle.

I Feel Really Connected To These Young Ladies I Get To Work With; I'm Dancing Around With Them And Playing Music For Them. We Sit Down And Get To Know Each Other So We Have A Shorthand.

I've Never Dated Anybody Older, Actually. There Are So Many Things I'm Curious About, And I'd Love To Be Able To Say, "teach Me." I Want To Learn From The People Around Me.

If You Don't Take Risks, You'll Have A Wasted Soul.

Everything I Do, I Do Infinite Percent.

At 35, I'm Definitely Starting To Feel More Like A Grown-up Than I Ever Have. There's Nothing In My Life That Is Childish Or Whimsical. Having Fun Is Fantastic And I Never Want To Lose A Sense Of That - And Also, I Think, You Have To Have That To Put Into Your Work Or Else It's Going To Feel Stiff.

I Try To Be A Good Shiksa Wife. I Go To Central Synagogue In New York.

I Used To Have A Blankie, And When My Mom Had To Wash It, I Would Sit Outside The Dryer And Watch It Go Round And Round, And Cry.

I Think The World Offers So Many Wonderful Varieties Of Obstacles, But That Shouldn't Be One For Kids - Is The Worry That 'my Parents Wont Be There.'

When I Was 19, I Picked Up An Old, Tiny, Automatic Yashica Camera And I Just Started Shooting. We Didn't Have Iphones Back Then, We Didn't Even Have Cell Phones. I Loved Having A Camera In My Hand.

I Always Like Worlds Where You Could Be In Several Different Time Periods.

Sometimes I Bust Out And Do Things So Permanent. Like Tattoos And Marriage.

Permanent Things

Celebrity! It's Become The Most Disgusting Word On The Planet. It Makes Me Sick To My Stomach.

I Am Not A Rodeo Clown, Like, "everything Is Awesome!" I Really Worked Hard On Myself And Things And Struggled To Get To A Good Place, To A Better Place.

My Culinary Skills Are Terrible. I Can't Even Make Toast Taste Good. I Do Make Scrambled Eggs For Myself Sometimes But I Wouldn't Even Inflict That On Anyone Else.

I Feel Like Some Of My Baby Fat Is Going Away, And That’s Not Just Physically, It’s Psychologically. I Think That Your Body Is In Tune With Your Mind And Your Spirituality And Your Heart. If Things Are Going Better, I Just Think You Look Better.

I Personally Battled With My Own Body Image For Years. I Used To Tell Myself, You Can't Wear Anything Sleeveless Or Strapless. And All Of A Sudden I Was Like, What If I Just Didn't Send Such Negative Messages To My Brain And Said, Wear It And Enjoy It? And Now I'm More Comfortable In Clothes Than Ever.

I Don't Cook, I Can't Cook, And It Is Really Abominable To See Me In The Kitchen. I Order In Takeaway Food Or Get My Friends To Cook Because A Lot Of Them Are Very Good.

I Feel Like I Came Out Of The Womb And Was Punted - There You Go, Out In The World!

I Want People To Be Blown Away When I Do What They Don't Expect.

I Never Regret Anything. Because Every Little Detail Of Your Life Is What Made You Into Who You Are In The End.

Kissing - And I Mean Like, Yummy, Smacking Kissing - Is The Most Delicious, Most Beautiful And Passionate Thing That Two People Can Do, Bar None. Better Than Sex, Hands Down.

As A Kid I Got To Like Hang Out With Stephen King. That Was Like The Highlight Of My Life. Cause I Think He's The Raddest Human Being Ever.

My Twenties Were About Exploring Love And Being A Wildflower And Trying To Figure Everything Out. Now I'm Not Comfortable Being That Happy Wildflower Anymore, But I Still Don't Feel Like A Woman. I Wonder When That Moment's Going To Hit.

Everything I Touched In The Kitchen Turned Out Crappy, No Matter How Closely I Followed The Recipe Or Copied The Cooking Show.

I Never Want To Get To The Point Where It's All About My Needs, And The Hell With Anybody Else.

I Loved The World Of Roller Derby Because I Thought It Was Such An Empowering Metaphor, That You Get Out There And Do It. It's Such A Rocker, Athletic, Capable, Cool Exhibitionist Sport; It's About This Great Sort Of Camaraderie.

I Live For Makeup And I Like Wine. These Are My Truths!

I Really Want To Understand The Mind So I Can Be More Comfortable With The Way People Are. Being Comfortable With People Is Incredibly Important.

Being Pregnant And Having A Toddler, As Every Parent Says, Is Amazing. You're Very Tired, But It's So Wonderful. God, It's Emotional, But It's The Best. I Wouldn't Want To Be Anywhere Else.

I Think Chemistry Is Finding Something You Love About A Person And Then Transfering It To An In Love Kind Of Thing.

Just When You Think You're Hitting Your Stride Someone Will Shout "cut" And Ask You To Move Your Head To The Left. It's Such An Awkward Process. You Try To Make It Passionate But It Ends Up Being Mechanical.

My Mother Used To Dress Rather Risqué When I Was A Kid, And That Sort Of Shocked Me. I Always Thought Moms Were Supposed To Wear Cardigans And Flats, But She Was In Leather Bracelets And Minidresses. In Hindsight, I Thought It Was Pretty Cool, But I'm Probably More Conservative Because Of It.

The Stories That I Want To Tell, Especially As A Director, Don't Necessarily Have A Perfect Ending Because, The Older You Get, The More You Appreciate A Good Day Versus A Happy Ending. You Understand That Life Continues On The Next Day; The Reality Of Things Is What Happens Tomorrow.

You Can't Treat A Romantic Relationship The Same Way You Do A Business One, By Being Bossy. It Takes Tender, Compromising, Loving Tactics. And That's Such A Different Approach.

I Don't Even Have Voice Mail Or Answering Machines Anymore. I Hate The Phone, And I Don't Want To Call Anybody Back. If I Go To Hell, It Will Be A Small Closet With A Telephone In It, And I Will Be Doomed And Destined For Eternity To Return Phone Calls.

I Don't Have A Long, Drawn-out Joan Crawford Beauty Routine. I'm Not Like, "yes, I Wake Up And First I Put Ice On My Face." I Do It In A Taxi On My Way To A Meeting. Traveling Is My Makeup Routine. I Do It In A Car Ride, And I'm That Asshole On The Road Who's Doing Her Mascara In The Mirror.

I'm Certainly Not An Uptight Home Owner.

Putting Your Name On Something And Having No Idea How It Came About If Someone Else Did All The Work - That's Not Me.

Apparently Vodka Helps Flowers Last Longer When They're Dying. But You Can Put Vodka In Anything And It'll Make It Better.

Life Is Not About Focusing On The Obstacles. It's About How You Handle Them, And Whether You Get Enlightenment Or Levity From The Way You Do It

I Would Love To Be A Travel Writer. I'd Be So Stoked.

I've Always Loved Butterflies, Because They Remind Us That It's Never Too Late To Transform Ourselves.

I Always Thought I Desperately Wanted A Husband And A Big Family, Because I Didn't Have It Growing Up.

Instead Of Being Insecure And Jealous And Suspicious And Wonder If Every Guy Is Going To Cheat On Me, I Decided To Say, "nope. This Will Be Totally Enough For Somebody One Day." That Was A Real Script Flip And It Changed The Rest Of My Life In Such A Positive Way. So I Feel Like I Want To Teach Stuff Like That To My Girls.

I Love Movies, I Love Being A Part Of Them, And This Is The One Occupation I Love Living And Playing In And Stressing Myself Out Over.

I Believe You Can Be The Person That You Dream Of Being.

In A World And A Life That Moves So Fast, Photography Just Makes The Sound Go Out And It Makes You Stop And Take A Pause. Photography Calms Me.

When You Have A Big Life Change, It Takes A Long Time To Get Used To Either The New Format Or The Understanding That You Need To Create A New Dream. Or If Things Didn't Work Out, Mourning The Death Of That Dream. It's Hard, Because That's A Very Private Journey.

It's The Worst When You're Kissing Someone Who's Not A Good Kisser, And You're Trying To Make It Look Good, But You Feel Like You're Just Working On Your Own.

I Love Inventive Food, But I Want The Classic Dishes To Taste Like How I Remember Them. I Get A Little Bummed Out When There Is Too Much Fancy Stuff Going On And It Doesn't Resemble The Original Dish At All.

I Don't Like Working By A Monitor. I Stand Right Next To The Camera, And I'm Very Performance-oriented. That Really Means Everything To Me, Whether It's Doing An Improv Of A Joke Or An Emotional Scene, And Everything In Between.

My Life Takes Me All Over The World, And I Know How Hard That Can Be On A Relationship.

I Think A Breakup Can Be The Beginning Of A Friendship. That's Not Me Trying To Make Everything Ok - It's Me Saying, "no, We Love Each Other. Let's Not Pretend We Don't."

The More You Do Speak From The Heart, Rather Than Thumping The Agenda, People Will Listen Or Relate Or Open Themselves Up More.

There Are So Many Pressures That Are Put Upon Young Women. Whatever We Can Do To Alleviate That And Help Women Feel Beautiful About Who We Are Inside, Which Is The Only Beauty There Truly Is, Is So Nice. Let's Get Down And Dirty. Let's Be A Real Girl.

Internet Does Not Equal Sodium Pentothal.

I Try Each Day, Each Month, Each Year To Become A Better And Better Person And To Be Good To The People I Love And Let Them Know How Much I Appreciate Them.

I Think Its Nice When People Find Love, Because I Feel Like Everyone Deserves It.

I Know That I Won't Succeed At Everything, Every Day. Some Days Have To Be Solely About My Daughter. Some Days I Really Try To Be A Good Wife. Other Days, I Can Take A Few Hours For Myself And Just Do Nothing But Really Focus On Work.

Sometimes You Come To A Point Where There's Nothing More You Can Do. You Love And Respect Each Other, But It's Not Working. So You Amicably Decide To Part. I Don't Know What The Future Holds: A Lot Of People Get Back Together After They Break Up.

Both Of My Marriages Have Taught Me The Same Lesson Twice Over Really Harsh: Listen To Your Instincts. Don't Be A People Pleaser.

My Whole Life, I've Wanted To Feel Comfortable In My Skin. It's The Most Liberating Thing In The World.

I Pray To Be Like The Ocean, With Soft Currents, Maybe Waves At Times. More And More, I Want The Consistency Rather Than The Highs And The Lows.

I Want To Be The Rock That Floats.

There's A Big World Out There. Bigger Than Prom, Bigger Than High School, And It Won't Matter If You Were The Prom Queen Or The Quarterback Of The Football Team Or The Biggest Nerd. Find Out Who You Are And Try Not To Be Afraid Of It.

I Was Born 10 Years Old.

I'm Just Learning Who I Am And How Relationships Work And How To Make Them Function. No Different From Anyone Else.

I'm A Real Stay-at-home Mom. I'm Really Hands-on. Everything Else Became Secondary.

It's Embarrassing To Go Through Any Rebellious Stage In Front Of People That You Love And Respect, And Yet I'm Glad I Did.

Love And Respect

I'm Very Sensitive To The English Language. I Studied The Dictionary Obsessively When I Was A Kid And Collect Old Dictionaries. Words, I Think, Are Very Powerful And They Convey An Intention.

If I Read Something That's Really Intense And Depressive, I Will Face It; I Will Try - But There's Plenty Of Times I Also Run Away. I Think It's Trying To Find A Balance Between The Positive And The Negative. They Don't Exist Without Each Other. It's The Polarity; It's Two Sides Of A Coin. You Can't Get One Without The Other. I Don't Wallow. I Can't Stand It.

Families In Real Life Don't Tend To Resolve Things Neatly.

We Can't Take A Step Backwards When We've Already Made So Many Strides Forward. I Was Raised By Gay Men And Women...it's Who I Am, You Cannot Define A Family. There Are Children Out There Who Need These Loving Homes. These Are Rights That Are Fundamental And Must Be Had. And I Will Fight For However Long It Takes; I Don't Want To Live In A World Where Prop 8 Exists!

But In Some Ways, I'm Like An Old Woman - Lived It, Seen It, Done It, Been There, Have The T-shirt.

I'm Such A Workaholic. I'm Always Thinking About Work.

Always Thinking

My Life Choices Are Not Supposed To Be The Gateway To Somebody Else's. That's My Journey.

A Fish May Love A Bird, But Where Would They Live?

I Am Obsessed With Ice Cubes. Obsessed.

My Limbs Work, So I'm Not Going To Complain About The Way My Body Is Shaped.

Being Beautiful

Feeding A Child At School Is Such A Simple Thing - But It Works Miracles.

I Mean, I Come From A Hippie Mentality Where I Just Think To Know Someone, You Need To Look Into Their Eyes. Eyes Are So Important. Until They Start Melon-balling Eyes Out, I Won't Be Able To Get To Know Someone Another Way.

I've Been Producing For 13 Years. I've Made A String Of Joyful Movies With Positive Messages About Comedy, Love And Romance.

I Still Feel Like I Have A Lot To Prove. My Biggest Burning Question Is 'how Much More Are You Capable Of?'

Women Shouldn't Be Burdened By What Existed In Their Past, We Should All Learn How To Turn Pain Into Strength.

God Made A Very Obvious Choice When He Made Me Voluptuous; Why Would I Go Against What He Decided For Me? My Limbs Work, So I'm Not Going To Complain About The Way My Body Is Shaped.

Happiness Is A Choice. You Have To Choose It - And You Have To Fight For It.

Happiness Is A Choice

I Grew Up In A Makeup Chair, To See! The Women Around Me Getting Ready Was So Aspirational, It Is About Mothers And Daughters, A Girl Watching Her Mom At A Vanity Table.

I'm Such A Profound Believer That Timing Is Everything; I Would Tattoo That On My Arm.

I'm Such An Avid Magazine Reader - Music, Art, Beauty Magazines - And I Found That Food And Restaurants Were Pouring Into Everything I Cared About. Whether It Was The Pop-up Concept, Or Some Mysterious Mini-mall Restaurant, I Got Swept Up In The Sexy Romance Of The Food Movement.

I Love Being Single. It's Great. I Get To Be Who I Am And Do What I Want And Be With The People I Love. I Feel Like I Have Everything And I'm Very Fortunate, And It's Very Rich Fulfilling Time In My Life.

I Didn't Grow Up In A Traditional Family, And I Never Had A Family Dinner Around The Table, So Whenever I Actually Had A Dinner 'plan,' It Meant A Lot To Me; It Made Me Feel Excited And Safe.

I Think That Being Happy Makes The Biggest Impact On Your Physical Appearance.

I Really Have Created A Family. I Work With The People I Love, I Travel With Them, I Make Films With Them, And I'm In An Office With Them. So In A Weird Way - I Know I Haven't Birthed A Child - I Feel That I'm A Part Of Creating A Family. It's A Tribe. I Love That Word.

I Have Certainly Had My Share Of Long-distance Love Affairs.

You Have To Fight Unhappiness Like A Dragon With Fire And Breathe.

I Think There's A Tremendous Amount Of Guilt That Goes On Between Mothers And Daughters, No Matter How Good Or Bad Their Relationships Are. It Kills Girls Inside When They Think They're Letting Their Mothers Down.

I Was Raised In That Generation Where It Was All 'women Can Have It All!' And I Don't Think You Can. I Think Something Falls Off The Table. The Good Thing Is That The Things That Stay On The Table Become So Much More Important.

I Should Attempt To Write A Love Song, I Have Written Lots Of Poetry About Love So I Could Turn Those Into Lyrics. I'm A Sucker For Romance - Always Have Been, Always Will Be. I Love Walking Down The Beach And Listening To My Ipod And Belting Them Out. What Would We Do Without Love Songs?

When I Was A Kid, I Got Really Great Advice From Someone Who Is So Important To Me And Someone Who I Respect So Much, And They Told Me, 'don't Do Too Many Endorsements. Don't Throw Your Name On Things; Think Of Your Longevity.'

People Are Like Moths. First They Are Ugly And Awkward, Until They Break Out Of Their Shell And Become A Beautiful Butterfly.

I Am Fundamentally Happy. Everyone Has Experiences That Makes Them Cynical, Jaded Or Unhappy - You Just Have To Fight Those Things Off. I Have Totally Emotional Days When I Cry And Get Insecure. Pms Weirded Out, Doomed And Tragic. I Mean, I'm Definitely Not Just A Lollipop, Happy In The Wind Girl. I'm Human Just Like Everyone Else, But I Think That It Would Be Tragic To Be On Your Deathbed And Think, 'i Could've I Should've.' That Gets Me Out Of Bed Everyday. I Can't Even Last Like An Hour In Bed In The Morning. I Have To Get Out There And Live.

I'm Not A Very Organized Person For Being Uber Work-obsessed. I Struggle To Keep It All Organized Because Everything Can Become Important And, When You Have So Many Spinning Plates, They Sometimes Can Cancel Each Other Out Because You Lose Track Of Everything.

Spinning Plates

If I Ever Start Talking To You About My 'craft', My 'instrument', You Have Permission To Shoot Me.

To Be Honest, I Don't Have Data In My Brain Of How A Relationship With A Man Is Supposed To Function.

I Don't Think Anyone Is Coasting On This Earth. I Think Everybody Does Feel Incredible Struggles. Any Day That You're Not Held Down By The Struggle, Celebrate It! Be Present, Because I Feel Like I Lost Sight Of That For A While Going Through Hard Stuff. And Now, I'm Really Enjoying The Good Moments.

I'd Rather Be A Few Pounds Heavier And Enjoy Life Than Be Worried All The Time.

Don't Show Your Flaws.

I Think Happiness Is A Choice. If You Feel Yourself Being Happy And Can Settle In To The Life Choices You Make, Then It's Great. It's Really, Really Great. I Swear To God, Happiness Is The Best Makeup.

When You Work In Film, You Learn To Appreciate A Distributor. You Can Have This Great Little Film, But If You Don't Have A Distributor, You Are Sitting In Your Living Room With A Great Little Film.

Daisies Are Like Sunshine To The Ground.

I Love Working With The Actors Eye-to-eye. I Think Something Gets Lost In Translation, Not Only Through A Monitor, But When You Leave The Area Where The Actual Scene Is Taking Place.

Everyone Is Like A Butterfly, They Start Out Ugly And Awkward And Then Morph Into Beautiful Graceful Butterflies That Everyone Loves.

Trust That Things Will Be Okay - Especially If You Put In The Time And Effort To Make Them Be Okay.

I'm Glad I Lived Such A Full Life Before I Settled Down Into A Family Because I Got To Enjoy It And Get It Out Of My System.

I Loved Duran Duran's "girls On Film" - It Was Really Sexy And Naughty And Totally Weird. When You're A Kid Watching That Stuff On Television You're Like, "well, We Are Opening Up As A Society!"

Kisses, Even To The Air, Are Beautiful.

Getting Out Of Your Comfort Zone, Creating An Adventure Is Really Good.

When It Comes To Business, I Am A Woman, And When It Comes To Relationships, I Am A Child. I Just Haven't Figured Out How To Bring The Same Confidence And Conviction I Have In The Boardroom To My Romantic Relationships.

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One Thing That Got Me Started On It Was The Jean Jacket. It's An Item That Could Make You Believe You're In The 50s Or Punk-rock 70s Or Grunge 90s. I Was Really Focused On Timelessness, And I Think Music Is Very Timeless.

I Never Really Had A Childhood. I Was Around Adults All The Time. My Favorite Book When I Was Eight Was “everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex - But Were Afraid To Ask”. I Was Not Afraid To Ask.

I Did Love Horror Films From The '70s And '80s. That Was My Sweet Spot.

Kissing In The Movies Is A Real Art - Figuring Out Where To Put Your Heads So It Looks Good On Camera. I Have Had Other Co-stars Who Couldn't Work That Out, Which Made It A Lot Harder For Me.

The Low Points I Had All Helped Make Up My Character, So I Probably Wouldn't Want To Do Away With Them Because I Like Being Flawed And I Like Having Them Help Me Grow And Change And Become Better And Stronger.

You Can't Live Your Life Blaming Your Failures On Your Parents And What They Did Or Didn't Do For You. You're Dealt The Cards That You're Dealt. I Realised It Was A Waste Of Time To Be Angry At My Parents And Feel Sorry For Myself.

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